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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Sylvania, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Sylvania and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Sylvania:
    • 32.750389, -81.636573
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Sylvania
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Screven County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Screven County
    • Since Sylvania is near Bulloch County and also Allendale County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Bulloch County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Allendale County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Sylvania

Communities Also Named Sylvania ...

We found fourteen communities that are also named Sylvania.

Within Georgia, the name Sylvania is unique.

Beyond Georgia, we know of fourteen communities that are located in the United States and Canada. Of these fourteen communities, twelve are located in the United States and two are in Canada.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Alabama
      • DeKalb County
      • This Sylvania is located in DeKalb County and lies 270 miles [434.5 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the DeKalb County community of Sylvania.
    • Arkansas
      • Lonoke County
      • This Sylvania is located in Lonoke County and lies 609 miles [980.1 km]<1> to the west northwest of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lonoke County community of Sylvania.
    • Florida
      • Washington County
      • This Sylvania is located in Washington County and lies 279 miles [449 km]<1> to the west southwest of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Washington County community of Sylvania.
    • Indiana
      • Parke County
      • This Sylvania is located in Parke County and lies 586 miles [943.1 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Parke County community of Sylvania.
    • Kentucky
      • Jefferson County
      • This Sylvania is located in Jefferson County and lies 442 miles [711.3 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Jefferson County community of Sylvania.
    • Michigan
      • Gogebic County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Michigan community of Sylvania [Gogebic County].
    • Missouri
      • Dade County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Missouri community of Sylvania [Dade County].
    • Nevada
      • Esmeralda County
      • This community is historic<3> and we have very little information. For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Nevada community of Sylvania [Esmeralda County].
    • Ohio
      • Lucas County
      • This Sylvania is located in Lucas County and lies 629 miles [1,012.3 km]<1> to the north of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Lucas County community of Sylvania.
    • Ontario
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Ontario community of Sylvania.
    • Pennsylvania
      • Bradford County
      • This Sylvania is located in Bradford County and lies 677 miles [1,089.5 km]<1> to the north northeast of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Bradford County community of Sylvania.
    • Saskatchewan
      • This Sylvania lies 1,767 miles [2,843.7 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
    • Texas
      • Tarrant County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<2> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Texas community of Sylvania [Tarrant County].
    • Wisconsin
      • Racine County
      • This Sylvania is located in Racine County and lies 768 miles [1,236 km]<1> to the north northwest of the Sylvania that is located in Screven County.
      • For more information, please visit our profile page for the Racine County community of Sylvania.

Curious and Interesting Names Near Sylvania ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Donegal
    (13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
    • Donegal is located in Bulloch County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Donegal
  • Double Heads
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
    • Double Heads is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Double Heads
  • Dover
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the south)
  • Eureka Springs ‑ Historic
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southeast)
    • Eureka Springs is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Eureka Springs
  • Farmdale
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Farmdale is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Farmdale
  • Green Hill
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southeast)
    • Green Hill is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Green Hill
  • Hilltonia
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
    • Hilltonia is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hilltonia
    • Population from the 2010 Census: 262 people
  • Hunters
    (8 miles [12.9 km] to the southeast)
    • Hunters is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hunters
  • Lewis
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Lewis is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lewis
  • Red Bluff Landing
    (11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
    • Red Bluff Landing is located in Screven County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Red Bluff Landing
  • Rocky Ford
    (12 miles [19.3 km] to the southwest)

How Far From Sylvania to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Sylvania to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance beginning in Sylvania and extending to:

  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 173 miles [278.4 km]<1> to the west northwest (WNW). If you could drive a straight line from Sylvania to Atlanta, with an average speed<5>of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, it would take about three hours to make the trip. A comfortable walk of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour would take 10 days. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take 7 days.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 496 miles [798.2 km] to the north northeast (NNE). Driving would take most of a day, a buggy would take 20 days and walking would take 29 days.
  • The shortest distance<6> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,365 miles [10,243.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,055 miles [11,353.9 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<8>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 4,939 miles [7,948.6 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<9>'

Footnotes ...

<1>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'point-to-point' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Sylvania) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<2>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Sylvania could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<3>We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Sylvania, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy.
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<6>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Sylvania to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Sylvania. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 32.7504, Longitude: -81.6366    
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 310.637 degrees.
<8>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 305.674 degrees.
<9>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 308.495 degrees.